Stop Your Camera From Turning During Soothing Mists

A quick tip today for all the new Mistweavers out there. You have probably noticed that one of the annoying side effects of channeling Soothing Mists is that your camera follows your healing target all over “Hell’s half acre.” The same is also true for other channeled spells like Penance, Arcane Missiles, Mind Flay, and many more. Chances are good that this is driving you bonkers.

Fortunately, it is very simple to turn off this camera option. If you are planning to raid (or, really, do any level 90 content on your Monk) I would go so far as to say that doing so is necessary. Having your camera constantly turning – and it will be constant, since you will be using Soothing Mists a lot – is a sure way to get yourself killed by a void zone or other ability that you need to watch closely in order to avoid.

To disable camera turning on channeled spells, simply copy and paste the following into your chat window:

/console cameraSmoothTrackingStyle 0

Should you want to re-enable camera tracking, the command to do so is:

It’s only been a minor nuisance for me so far, but in endgame/raiding I can see how camera tracking would get unwieldy, and quickly (especially given that it’s a fundamental component of our healing, and not on a cooldown like Penance).